Bascanichthys fijiensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys fijiensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Alvin Seale in 1935.Seale, A., 1935 (23 Oct.) [ref. 12336] The Templeton Crocker Expedition to western Polynesian and Melanesian islands, 1933. No. 27. Fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 21 (no. 27): 337-378, Pls. 20-23. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Fiji (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western central Pacific Ocean.
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